[UPDATED 4:30PM] Mansfield Polling Stations: More Than Half of Registered Voters Have Cast a Ballot

4:30 p.m. Update:

Approximately 53 percent of registered voters in Mansfield have cast a ballot as of 4:30 p.m. Tuesday, according to numbers provided by all four Mansfield polling stations.

1 p.m. Update:

Approximately 33 percent of registered voters in Mansfield have cast a ballot as of 1 p.m. Tuesday, according to numbers provided by all four Mansfield polling stations. There are 12,434 registered voters in the Town of Mansfield, according to the Mansfield Registrar of Voters.

9:45 a.m. Update:

Congressman Joe Courtney (D-Vernon) stopped by the Mansfield Community Center Tuesday morning to greet voters. [See photo above.]

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Good morning, and welcome to Election Day 2012!

Today, Mansfield residents go to the polls to choose a president, a U.S. Senator, a U.S. Representative from the 2nd District, a state Senator from the 29th District and state Representatives from the 48th and 54th Districts.

See below for information on where to go to cast your ballot and the list of candidates. We've also included how Mansfield voted in 2008, the year of the last presidential election, and in 2010, the last mid-term election.

Read it over, then visit your local polling station between 6 a.m. and 8 p.m. to make your voice heard! And be sure to check back with Patch for updates throughout the day, including the announcement of the winners as soon as votes are tallied.

Mansfield Polling Stations

• District 1 – Mansfield Community Center; 10 South Eagleville Rd.
• District 2 – Mansfield Fire Department Station 107; 889 Stafford Rd.
• District 3 – Buchanan Auditorium at the Mansfield Public Library; 54 Warrenville Rd.
• District 4 – Annie E. Vinton Elementary School; 306 Stafford Rd.

How Mansfield Voted in 2008 (80% Turnout)

(D=Democrat; R=Republican; G=Green; I=Independent; WF=Working Families; CL=Connecticut for Lieberman)

PRESIDENT

• Obama-Biden (D) — 7,874 votes
• McCain-Palin (R) — 2,235 votes

U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 2nd DISTRICT

• Joe Courtney (D,WF) — 7,638 votes
• Sean Sullivan (R) — 1,708 votes
• G. Scott Deshefy (G) — 252 votes
• Todd Vachon (Write-In) — 1 vote

29th SENATE DISTRICT

• Donald E. Williams (D,WF) — 7,206 votes
• Harry Carboni (R) — 1,917 votes

54th ASSEMBLY DISTRICT

• Denise W. Merrill (D) — 8,031 votes
• No Nomination (R) — 0 votes

How Mansfield Voted in 2010 (48% Turnout)

(D=Democrat; R=Republican; G=Green; I=Independent; WF=Working Families; CL=Connecticut for Lieberman; SA=Socialist Action)

U.S. SENATE

• Richard Blumenthal (D, WF) — 4,165 votes
• Linda E. McMahon (R) — 1,400 votes
• Dr. John Mertens (CL) — 72 votes
• Warren B Mosler (I) — 87 votes

U.S. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, 2nd DISTRICT

• Joe Courtney (D, WF) — 4,292 votes
• Janet Peckinpaugh (R) — 1,236 votes
• G. Scott Deshefy (G) — 157 votes

29th SENATE DISTRICT

• Donald E. Williams (D, WF) — 4,410 votes
• John O Hallbergh, Jr. (Petitioning Candidate) — 439 votes

54th ASSEMBLY DISTRICT

• Gregory Haddad (D, WF) — 3,491 votes
• Christopher R. Paulhus (R) — 1,158 votes
• Brien T. Buckman (Buckman for Connecticut) — 88 votes
• Jason J Ortiz (Petitioning Candidate) — 882 votes